Outlook not bad for WPS employees

5:41 PM,
Nov. 6, 2012

Written by

Jeff Starck
Wausau Daily Herald

Some local business leaders say they think the 250 WPS Health Insurance employees in Wausau who will lose their jobs next year will have a better chance at landing new jobs than other workers affected by recent mass layoffs.

WPS announced Friday that it would eliminate 600 jobs companywide, including about 250 at its office at 1800 Westwood Center Blvd. in Wausau. WPS lost work from a multibillion-dollar government contract processing claims for military health insurance. The layoffs will begin in April.

Despite the optimism for the soon-to-be laid-off employees who processed claims, ...